FEATURED
Out now: African Anarchism
The FOURTH bolo'bolo edition of this one-of-a-kind book by Sam Mbah and I.E. Igariwey, essential for anyone with an interest in radical politics on the African continent. Available from various CT and JHB bookstores or directly from us.
ABOUT US
Bolo’bolo is a collectively run anarchist publisher. We host the Anarchist Winter School and the annual Cape Town Anarchist Bookfair. We also occasionally screen documentaries via our Unblinking Eye film club.
Our publishing project grew out of the bolo'bolo infoshop and vegan coffee house, which we ran collectively for two years in Lower Main Rd, Observatory, distributing materials related to anarchism and other forms of radical politics, grassroots environmentalism, animal rights, veganism, LGBTQIA issues, counterculture, cutting-edge philosophy, black consciousness and more.
COMING UP
The Anarchist Winter School May-July
We're running an eight week winter school covering the history and ideas of anarchism and its contemporary relevance. Click here to view details.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because the future is ours.
WHY ANARCHISM? So that Marikana never happens again.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because the future is unwritten.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because property is theft.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because we live in an oppressive society.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because real freedom is bound up in real equality.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because government is violence.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because what we have been doing has not been working.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because things are really, really bad.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because nobody knows better than you how to live your life.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because reform will not work.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because democracy is a sham.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because it worked for 98% of human history.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because capitalism is a pyramid scheme.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because my veins do not end in my body.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because we are too young to wait.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because there is no authority but yourself.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because the state doesn't care about you.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because an anarchist's heart is a kingdom.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because we love power and hate authority.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because it sounds like much more fun.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because boundless growth is a fiction.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because we all need bread, love, little things and one another.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because no one should have to strike for bread.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because we're all being exploited.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because beauty is who we are.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because the state is just a legitimate gang.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because there's no planet B.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because voting only encourages them.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because one person should never be the master of another.
WHY ANARCHISM? Because mutual aid works better than ruthless competition.